This Wife's Savings

Let me apologize up front for the quality of the pictures. My camera's flash quit working & all pictures I take inside are darker & blurry =( And my camera isn't even paid off.

So, one of my SIL's is getting married 2/7 and I needed a new top & the Hubby needed black shoes. Of course, being the "tightwad" that I am, I didn't go to the mall in search of the above. I went to the thrift store!

First, I found these almost New shoes for the Hubby for only $9.88!



Then I found my top, the red one for only $1.48! I also found 2 other tops for everyday wear for $2.48 & $2.98



LittleMan got another pair of Cowboy Wranglers for $$2.98, a Tommy top for $1.98 and another top not pictured, he wanted to wear to school today, for $1.48. Don't worry, I washed it first!



Princess got these pants, for future use, for $2.98, and this Reebok outfit, hung separately (?) for $2.48 each piece.



I also got Princess these sandals for $.99 and a pair of boots for $2.48



My total before taxes was $33.93.

Posted by Daphne at 8:55 AM 0 comments  

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CPSC released this report.

"The new law requires that domestic manufacturers and importers certify that children’s products made after February 10 meet all the new safety standards and the lead ban. Sellers of used children’s products, such as thrift stores and consignment stores, are not required to certify that those products meet the new lead limits, phthalates standard or new toy standards."

Great news!

Posted by Daphne at 11:36 AM 0 comments  

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I couldn't believe my eyes when I read this article. Read it in it's entirety Here.


"In what sounds like overkill, a new law may cause thrift stores to throw away huge amounts of donated children's clothing and other kids' products and stop selling them as well."

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This is really upsetting for me because I buy approximately 75% of my kid's clothing at thrift stores, consignments shops, etc.


Now ... what about yard sales? what about eBay? what about Etsy?


You can read about some of my great finds at thrift stores here, here, here & here.

Posted by Daphne at 2:09 PM 0 comments  

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For Me:

For LittleMan:

For Princess:

For Neice#5, due in October:

This was my favorite find of the day. LittleMan has been needing some better boots, and I got these for only $3.88!

My total before tax was $44.10 What great deals!!

Posted by Daphne at 2:28 PM 0 comments  

Labels: Clothing, Thrift Store

Princess's 2Ts

Princess's 3Ts

Princess's 4Ts

Princess's 5's

Princess's 6's

LittleMan's

Mine

Other

And both the kids got a dollar toy each. My total came to $56.52 before taxes!

Posted by Daphne at 12:05 AM 0 comments  

Labels: Clothing, Thrift Store

18m skirt

3Ts

4Ts

5Ts

6/6x

For LittleMan
For Princess
and For Princess

Posted by Daphne at 12:07 AM 0 comments  

Labels: Clothing, Thrift Store